The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 12 September 2019

Here we are with our daily Vocabulary blog for your English Vocabulary building. Go on and read the Editorial here and then go through the list of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms & correct usage of those words. Here is your Daily Vocabulary 12 September 2019 blog.

The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 12 September 2019

Words

Meanings & Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage

Ambiguity

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation;

Inexactness, Ambivalence, Equivocation

Unambiguous, Transparency

The law ought to be tightened to avoid any ambiguity.

Brinkmanship

The activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous

The talks have collapsed and both sides have resorted to brinkmanship

Contempt

The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration;

Disregard for something that should be considered;

Disrespect, Disregard, Slighting, Neglect;

Contumacy

Admiration, Esteem, Estimation, Favour, Regard, Respect

You should treat those remarks with the contempt that they deserve.

Culpable

Deserving blame;

To Blame, Guilty, At Fault, In the Wrong, Blameworthy, Blameable

Blameless, Faultless, Impeccable, Irreproachable

He’s more culpable than the others because he’s old enough to know better.

Defiant

Showing defiance;

Intransigent, Resistant, Obstinate, Uncooperative, Non-Compliant

Apologetic, Cooperative

The protesters blocking the entrance to the offices remained defiant this morning.

Detrimental

Tending to cause harm;

Harmful, Damaging, Injurious,

Hurtful, Inimical, Deleterious

Benign, Beneficial

Their decision could be detrimental to the future of the company.

Dilute

Make weaker, Weaken;

To reduce the strength of a feeling, action, etc.

Concentrate

These measures are designed to dilute public fears about the product’s safety.